COVID-19: Goa govt to rope in AYUSH doctors to treat patients

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said that starting next week state government will rope in AYUSH doctors in providing treatment to COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptoms.

AYUSH is an acronym for five tritional systems of medicine- Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy.

"From next week, government will involve AYUSH doctors in treating COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate symptoms, along with or government doctors," Sawant said.

"y would also be involved in post-COVID manment of patients in state," he ded.

chief minister was speaking at launch of home isolation kits.

"re are 3,500 patients in state, who have opted for home isolation. y would be provided se kits," Sawant said.

He claimed that Goa's recovery rate of 85.98 per cent is best in country, while number of tests being conducted is also highest among states.

"Goa has set up a robust infrastructure to tackle COVID-19 pandemic and re are sufficient number of beds in state-run hospitals to mit infected persons," he said.

total number of beds available in different COVID Care hospitals in state is 756, he said.

home isolation kit will help in treatment of patients, he said, ding, "It will eventually reduce burden on hospitals." Till Thursday night, Goa has recorded 37,102 coronavirus positive cases, while 484 people have died. A total of 31,902 patients have recovered.